Ticonderoga Class Cruisers, including: Uss Port Royal (cg-73), Uss Vincennes (cg-49), Uss Shiloh (cg-67), Uss Ticonderoga (cg-47), Uss Antietam ... St. George (cg-71), Uss Vella Gulf (cg-72)

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More info: The Ticonderoga class of missile cruisers is a class of warships in the United States Navy, first ordered and authorized in FY 1978. The class uses phased-array radar and was originally planned as a class of destroyers. However, the increased combat capability offered by the Aegis combat system and the AN/SPY-1 radar system was used to justify the change of the classification from DDG (guided missile destroyer) to CG (guided missile cruiser) shortly before the keels of and were laid down.